Our Mission

Revivre is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help those living with anxiety, depressive or bipolar disorders, and their loved ones. Revivre works in collaboration with the public and community-based mental health networks.

Our approach

To fulfill its mission, Revivre focuses on ad hoc support through active listening and by providing information and references, as well as self-management support for mental health.

Revivre bases its work on the following guiding principle: collaborate and build alliances and strategic partnerships with the public and community-based mental health networks, as well as the private sector.

About Revivre

I’m often asked why I joined Revivre. The day-to-day challenges of entrepreneurship damaged my mental and emotional health by exacerbating my limitations. I’ve been living with depression and panic attacks triggered by these challenges for 15 years. I love what I do, and this long and hard path through ups and downs shaped me into who I am today. I’m proud of it. I’m grateful to those around me who helped me to learn from my mood disorders and use them as positive leverage.

Did you know that globally, one in four people will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lives? And that if nothing changes, the vast majority of them will have no way out because of the stigma surrounding these conditions?

The time has come to unite to break this stigma and talk about these things openly.

In 25 years, Revivre has built a solid reputation for supporting the self-management of anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. Starting right now, I commit to making 2017 the beginning of a movement to break the silence and make mental health a common topic of discussion for everyone, and to create a safe space around myself where acceptance and understanding will prevail.

Together, let us make mental health a key aspect of our collective priorities and, from now on, let’s view it as a national priority—for our well-being and that of our community.

Revivre has just finished celebrating their 25th anniversary with style. We carried out 11,500 interventions during this special year, which represents an increase of 30% over the previous year. It’s quite something. In a quarter of a century, we held over 300,000 group and individual interventions to support people living with anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder.

Faced with these figures that speak volumes on the needs of the public, one thing appears evident: Revivre plays a central role in helping people regain control of their health. In the last year, we have worked to give a large place to those who have received our help. Taking advantage of the opportunity provided by the Website redesign and the creation of our YouTube Channel, 25 people agreed to be filmed expressing their gratitude for the support offered by Revivre. These video capsules, which have been viewed over 8,000 times, were a good manifestation of this project’s theme: the hope of coming back to life.

Of these testimonies — each more eloquent than the next — I was especially struck by that of Valérie Rodrigue-Charbonneau, who said the following after mentioning her participation in the J’avance! Program’s self-management workshops: “Revivre literally saved my life when I didn’t even think it could be saved anymore.” Like many people, Valérie decided, despite her awful state of being, to take action and contact Revivre in the hope of simply living. The effect of Revivre’s support was to amplify the strength that was already inside her.

Helping people regain the ability to influence their lives in a positive way is the Revivre team’s daily mission. I want to congratulate all those who dare to ask for help and extend a huge thank you to our entire team for its invaluable support.